Officers and K9 deployed to hunt for suspect in Navesau

Officers and K9 deployed to hunt for suspect in Navesau

By Vijay Narayan
Tuesday 18/08/2020
A team of officers including K9 have been deployed to apprehend the suspect. [Image: File Photo]

A team of officers including K9 have been deployed to apprehend the suspect who was involved in a stoning incident in Navesau, Tailevu yesterday.

Police say the suspect who is in his 30s is known to Police and is of unsound mind and had allegedly erected a roadblock and stoned vehicles approaching the site.

The suspect also threatened a family who was passing by and when Police approached the scene, their vehicle was also stoned.

The suspect swam across a nearby river and fled the scene when officers ran after him.

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